World Cup

Now that the excitement of the World Cup is behind us, we’re all looking forward to the start of the exhilarating European football season in a few weeks time.

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The England women’s football team, known as the lionesses, secured an historic 1-0 victory over rivals Germany in the third-place play-off match at the 2015 World Cup. Read match report here. Read More→

Over the past month, the United States Department of Justice has dramatically cracked down on corruption that has plagued FIFA, the international governing body of soccer, since the 1970s. In an early morning raid at a luxury hotel, Swiss police … Read More→

Sepp Blatter continued on from South Africa 2010 by taking the representation of the World Cup away from Europe in consecutive tournaments by opting to only allow South American countries the opportunity to put on the 2014 show. From the … Read More→

FIFA opted for a newfangled, alternative selection to host the 2010 FIFA World Cup. No other continent other than Africa would have been contemplated which implied FIFA wanted to compass the appeal of football across an acreage that does not … Read More→

The award of the 2006 World Cup was made in July 2000 and the nations bidding to host the tournament were; Germany, South Africa, England and Morocco, Brazil having withdrawn their bid. After three rounds of voting Germany was awarded … Read More→

The 2002 FIFA World Cup was notable even before a ball was kicked. FIFA broke new ground in a number of ways starting with the awarding of the first World Cup tournament ever to be jointly staged, to Japan and South Korea. … Read More→

Only six countries have won the World Cup whilst hosting the competition, with France being the most recent nation to do so back in 1998. Having beaten Morocco to host the competition in a straightforward two horse race after the Swiss had to pull … Read More→

A country with unparalleled wealth, a football league with low viewing figures and overall a weird choice compared to the other bids to host the most famous international football competition. Qatar 2022? No. USA 1994. Imagine the scene, an America … Read More→

The scandal surround football’s governing body Fifa has reached fever pitch, with unpopular president Sepp Blatter performing a dramatic u-turn and announcing his resignation from the organisation. The body has been caught up in legal actions over claims of corruption … Read More→

Fifa’s questionable reputation as the governing body of football has been brought into further disrepute as news broke this morning of six high-profile arrests of members of the organisation in Switzerland. The men have been apprehended on suspicion of corruption, … Read More→

Although the Copa America will take place this summer, plenty of football fans will have World Cup withdrawal after being spoiled by the action in Brazil during the last off-season. However, the 2015 Women’s World Cup is set to fill … Read More→

A FIFA task force has recommended that the 2022 World Cup be changed from its traditional June/July date to be staged in November and December to fight the blistering summer heat in Qatar. The sport’s governing body invoked outrage when … Read More→